[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
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Table B-61.--Consumer price indexes for selected expenditure classes, 1954-97
[For all urban consumers; 1982-84=100, except as noted]
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Food and beverages                             Shelter                               Fuel and other utilities
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Food                      Renters' costs                                         Fuels
--------------------------        -------------------                           ----------------------------
Fuel oil     Gas
Mainte-                     and     (piped)    Other
Year or month                                                                                            Home-    nance                     other      and    utilities
Total              At      Away    Total             Rent,    owners'    and     Total           house-     elec-       and
\1\     Total    home     from             Total    resi-     costs   repairs           Total    hold     tricity    public
home              \2\    dential     \2\                               fuel     (energy   services
com-      serv-
modities    ices)
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1954...........................................................  ........     28.2    30.1     21.9    22.5  ........     35.1  ........     20.9    22.6  ......      12.6      20.2  .........
1955...........................................................  ........     27.8    29.5     22.1    22.7  ........     35.6  ........     21.4    23.0  ......      12.7      20.7  .........
1956...........................................................  ........     28.0    29.6     22.6    23.1  ........     36.3  ........     22.3    23.6  ......      13.3      20.9  .........
1957...........................................................  ........     28.9    30.6     23.4    24.0  ........     37.0  ........     23.2    24.3  ......      14.0      21.1  .........
1958...........................................................  ........     30.2    32.0     24.1    24.5  ........     37.6  ........     23.6    24.8  ......      13.7      21.9  .........
1959...........................................................  ........     29.7    31.2     24.8    24.7  ........     38.2  ........     24.0    25.4  ......      13.9      22.4  .........

1960...........................................................  ........     30.0    31.5     25.4    25.2  ........     38.7  ........     24.4    26.0  ......      13.8      23.3  .........
1961...........................................................  ........     30.4    31.8     26.0    25.4  ........     39.2  ........     24.8    26.3  ......      14.1      23.5  .........
1962...........................................................  ........     30.6    32.0     26.7    25.8  ........     39.7  ........     25.0    26.3  ......      14.2      23.5  .........
1963...........................................................  ........     31.1    32.4     27.3    26.1  ........     40.1  ........     25.3    26.6  ......      14.4      23.5  .........
1964...........................................................  ........     31.5    32.7     27.8    26.5  ........     40.5  ........     25.8    26.6  ......      14.4      23.5  .........
1965...........................................................  ........     32.2    33.5     28.4    27.0  ........     40.9  ........     26.3    26.6  ......      14.6      23.5  .........
1966...........................................................  ........     33.8    35.2     29.7    27.8  ........     41.5  ........     27.5    26.7  ......      15.0      23.6  .........
1967...........................................................     35.0      34.1    35.1     31.3    28.8  ........     42.2  ........     28.9    27.1    21.4      15.5      23.7       46.6
1968...........................................................     36.2      35.3    36.3     32.9    30.1  ........     43.3  ........     30.6    27.4    21.7      16.0      23.9       47.1
1969...........................................................     38.1      37.1    38.0     34.9    32.6  ........     44.7  ........     33.2    28.0    22.1      16.3      24.3       48.4

1970...........................................................     40.1      39.2    39.9     37.5    35.5  ........     46.5  ........     35.8    29.1    23.1      17.0      25.4       50.0
1971...........................................................     41.4      40.4    40.9     39.4    37.0  ........     48.7  ........     38.6    31.1    24.7      18.2      27.1       53.4
1972...........................................................     43.1      42.1    42.7     41.0    38.7  ........     50.4  ........     40.6    32.5    25.7      18.3      28.5       56.2
1973...........................................................     48.8      48.2    49.7     44.2    40.5  ........     52.5  ........     43.6    34.3    27.5      21.1      29.9       57.8
1974...........................................................     55.5      55.1    57.1     49.8    44.4  ........     55.2  ........     49.5    40.7    34.4      33.2      34.5       60.7
1975...........................................................     60.2      59.8    61.8     54.5    48.8  ........     58.0  ........     54.1    45.4    39.4      36.4      40.1       63.9
1976...........................................................     62.1      61.6    63.1     58.2    51.5  ........     61.1  ........     57.6    49.4    43.3      38.8      44.7       67.7
1977...........................................................     65.8      65.5    66.8     62.6    54.9  ........     64.8  ........     62.0    54.7    49.0      43.9      50.5       70.8
1978...........................................................     72.2      72.0    73.8     68.3    60.5  ........     69.3  ........     67.2    58.5    53.0      46.2      55.0       73.7
1979...........................................................     79.9      79.9    81.8     75.9    68.9  ........     74.3  ........     74.0    64.8    61.3      62.4      61.0       74.3

1980...........................................................     86.7      86.8    88.4     83.4    81.0  ........     80.9  ........     82.4    75.4    74.8      86.1      71.4       77.0
1981...........................................................     93.5      93.6    94.8     90.9    90.5  ........     87.9  ........     90.7    86.4    87.2     104.6      81.9       84.3
1982...........................................................     97.3      97.4    98.1     95.8    96.9  ........     94.6  ........     96.4    94.9    95.6     103.4      93.2       93.3
1983...........................................................     99.5      99.4    99.1    100.0    99.1     103.0    100.1     102.5     99.9   100.2   100.5      97.2     101.5       99.5
1984...........................................................    103.2     103.2   102.8    104.2   104.0     108.6    105.3     107.3    103.7   104.8   104.0      99.4     105.4      107.2
1985...........................................................    105.6     105.6   104.3    108.3   109.8     115.4    111.8     113.1    106.5   106.5   104.5      95.9     107.1      112.1
1986...........................................................    109.1     109.0   107.3    112.5   115.8     121.9    118.3     119.4    107.9   104.1    99.2      77.6     105.7      117.9
1987...........................................................    113.5     113.5   111.9    117.0   121.3     128.1    123.1     124.8    111.8   103.0    97.3      77.9     103.8      120.1
1988...........................................................    118.2     118.2   116.6    121.8   127.1     133.6    127.8     131.1    114.7   104.4    98.0      78.1     104.6      122.9
1989...........................................................    124.9     125.1   124.2    127.4   132.8     138.9    132.8     137.3    118.0   107.8   100.9      81.7     107.5      127.1

1990...........................................................    132.1     132.4   132.3    133.4   140.0     146.7    138.4     144.6    122.2   111.6   104.5      99.3     109.3      131.7
1991...........................................................    136.8     136.3   135.8    137.9   146.3     155.6    143.3     150.2    126.3   115.3   106.7      94.6     112.6      137.9
1992...........................................................    138.7     137.9   136.8    140.7   151.2     160.9    146.9     155.3    128.6   117.8   108.1      90.7     114.8      142.5
1993...........................................................    141.6     140.9   140.1    143.2   155.7     165.0    150.3     160.2    130.6   121.3   111.2      90.3     118.5      147.0
1994...........................................................    144.9     144.3   144.1    145.7   160.5     169.4    154.0     165.5    130.8   122.8   111.7      88.8     119.2      150.2
1995...........................................................    148.9     148.4   148.8    149.0   165.7     174.3    157.8     171.0    135.0   123.7   111.5      88.1     119.2      152.8
1996...........................................................    153.7     153.3   154.3    152.7   171.0     180.2    162.0     176.5    139.0   127.5   115.2      99.2     122.1      157.2
1997...........................................................    157.7     157.3   158.1    157.0   176.3     186.4    166.7     181.5    143.7   130.8   117.9      99.8     125.1      161.6

1996: Jan......................................................    151.4     151.0   151.9    150.6   168.6     176.6    160.0     174.3    136.3   124.7   112.2      97.6     118.7      154.4
Feb......................................................    151.3     150.8   151.4    150.9   169.4     178.8    160.4     174.6    137.0   125.0   112.5      97.7     119.1      154.9
Mar......................................................    152.1     151.6   152.5    151.2   170.1     180.4    160.6     175.0    137.5   125.2   111.9      99.3     118.2      156.4
Apr......................................................    152.7     152.3   153.3    151.6   170.1     179.7    160.9     175.3    138.0   125.4   112.9     102.1     118.9      155.4
May......................................................    152.5     152.0   152.6    152.0   170.1     178.9    161.2     175.6    138.8   126.7   114.0      99.6     120.6      156.9
June.....................................................    153.1     152.6   153.4    152.3   170.7     180.0    161.7     176.0    138.8   128.4   116.5      94.6     124.1      157.6
July.....................................................    153.6     153.2   154.1    152.8   171.9     183.0    162.2     176.6    139.4   129.0   117.4      92.3     125.6      157.5
Aug......................................................    154.2     153.7   154.8    153.1   172.3     183.4    162.5     177.0    139.7   129.4   117.9      92.2     126.1      158.0
Sept.....................................................    155.0     154.6   155.9    153.5   172.0     180.9    162.9     177.5    139.9   129.8   118.4      95.6     126.2      158.3
Oct......................................................    155.8     155.4   156.8    154.2   172.5     181.3    163.3     178.1    140.2   128.7   116.2     102.9     122.7      158.6
Nov......................................................    156.2     155.9   157.2    154.7   172.4     179.9    163.7     178.6    141.1   128.4   115.7     105.9     121.7      158.9
Dec......................................................    156.6     156.3   157.7    155.0   172.3     179.1    164.0     178.8    141.5   129.4   117.1     110.3     122.8      159.1

1997: Jan......................................................    156.9     156.5   157.9    155.3   173.6     182.7    164.4     179.1    141.5   130.8   119.1     111.5     124.9      159.7
Feb......................................................    156.9     156.5   157.7    155.6   174.6     185.3    164.8     179.5    142.3   131.0   119.2     109.6     125.3      160.2
Mar......................................................    157.1     156.6   157.7    156.0   175.2     186.8    165.1     179.8    142.4   129.9   117.2     105.5     123.4      160.5
Apr......................................................    157.1     156.6   157.5    156.2   175.3     186.3    165.5     180.2    142.5   128.9   115.3     102.1     121.7      160.8
May......................................................    157.1     156.6   157.5    156.3   175.3     185.3    165.9     180.6    143.2   129.0   115.3     100.4     121.9      161.1
June.....................................................    157.1     156.6   157.3    156.6   176.0     186.6    166.4     181.1    143.3   131.9   119.8      98.0     127.5      161.7
July.....................................................    157.5     157.0   157.7    157.1   177.0     188.4    166.8     181.7    145.4   132.1   119.6      94.7     127.8      162.4
Aug......................................................    158.1     157.6   158.5    157.4   177.5     189.1    167.3     182.2    145.5   131.4   118.6      93.5     126.7      162.1
Sept.....................................................    158.4     157.9   158.6    157.8   177.2     186.8    167.8     182.8    142.6   132.1   119.7      93.7     128.1      162.3
Oct......................................................    158.7     158.2   159.0    158.2   177.8     187.7    168.2     183.3    144.7   130.8   117.4      95.3     125.1      162.5
Nov......................................................    158.9     158.5   159.1    158.6   177.7     185.9    168.7     183.9    144.9   131.1   117.7      96.6     125.3      162.8
Dec......................................................    159.1     158.7   159.2    159.0   178.1     186.1    169.1     184.3    145.6   130.0   115.8      97.2     123.0     162.9
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\1\ Includes alcoholic beverages, not shown separately.
\2\ December 1982=100.

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Table B-61.--Consumer price indexes for selected expenditure classes, 1954-97--Continued
[For all urban consumers; 1982-84=100, except as noted]
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Transportation                                           Medical care
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Private transportation
Year or month                        ------------------------------------------------------------   Public             Medical     Medical
Total                                          Automobile             trans-    Total      care       care
Total\3\    New      Used     Motor   maintenance   Other     porta-           commodities  services
cars     cars    fuel\4\  and  repair              tion
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1954.....................................     26.1      27.1     46.5     22.7      21.8        22.7   .......       18.0    17.8        42.0       15.3
1955.....................................     25.8      26.7     44.8     21.5      22.1        23.2   .......       18.5    18.2        42.5       15.7
1956.....................................     26.2      27.1     46.1     20.7      22.8        24.2   .......       19.2    18.9        43.4       16.3
1957.....................................     27.7      28.6     48.5     23.2      23.8        25.0   .......       19.9    19.7        44.6       17.0
1958.....................................     28.6      29.5     50.0     24.0      23.4        25.4   .......       20.9    20.6        46.1       17.9
1959.....................................     29.8      30.8     52.2     26.8      23.7        26.0   .......       21.5    21.5        46.8       18.7

1960.....................................     29.8      30.6     51.5     25.0      24.4        26.5   .......       22.2    22.3        46.9       19.5
1961.....................................     30.1      30.8     51.5     26.0      24.1        27.1   .......       23.2    22.9        46.3       20.2
1962.....................................     30.8      31.4     51.3     28.4      24.3        27.5   .......       24.0    23.5        45.6       20.9
1963.....................................     30.9      31.6     51.0     28.7      24.2        27.8   .......       24.3    24.1        45.2       21.5
1964.....................................     31.4      32.0     50.9     30.0      24.1        28.2   .......       24.7    24.6        45.1       22.0
1965.....................................     31.9      32.5     49.7     29.8      25.1        28.7   .......       25.2    25.2        45.0       22.7
1966.....................................     32.3      32.9     48.8     29.0      25.6        29.2   .......       26.1    26.3        45.1       23.9
1967.....................................     33.3      33.8     49.3     29.9      26.4        30.4      37.9       27.4    28.2        44.9       26.0
1968.....................................     34.3      34.8     50.7  .......      26.8        32.1      39.2       28.7    29.9        45.0       27.9
1969.....................................     35.7      36.0     51.5     30.9      27.6        34.1      41.6       30.9    31.9        45.4       30.2

1970.....................................     37.5      37.5     53.0     31.2      27.9        36.6      45.2       35.2    34.0        46.5       32.3
1971.....................................     39.5      39.4     55.2     33.0      28.1        39.3      48.6       37.8    36.1        47.3       34.7
1972.....................................     39.9      39.7     54.7     33.1      28.4        41.1      48.9       39.3    37.3        47.4       35.9
1973.....................................     41.2      41.0     54.8     35.2      31.2        43.2      48.4       39.7    38.8        47.5       37.5
1974.....................................     45.8      46.2     57.9     36.7      42.2        47.6      50.2       40.6    42.4        49.2       41.4
1975.....................................     50.1      50.6     62.9     43.8      45.1        53.7      53.5       43.5    47.5        53.3       46.6
1976.....................................     55.1      55.6     66.9     50.3      47.0        57.6      61.8       47.8    52.0        56.5       51.3
1977.....................................     59.0      59.7     70.4     54.7      49.7        61.9      67.2       50.0    57.0        60.2       56.4
1978.....................................     61.7      62.5     75.8     55.8      51.8        67.0      69.9       51.5    61.8        64.4       61.2
1979.....................................     70.5      71.7     81.8     60.2      70.1        73.7      75.2       54.9    67.5        69.0       67.2

1980.....................................     83.1      84.2     88.4     62.3      97.4        81.5      84.3       69.0    74.9        75.4       74.8
1981.....................................     93.2      93.8     93.7     76.9     108.5        89.2      91.4       85.6    82.9        83.7       82.8
1982.....................................     97.0      97.1     97.4     88.8     102.8        96.0      97.7       94.9    92.5        92.3       92.6
1983.....................................     99.3      99.3     99.9     98.7      99.4       100.3      98.8       99.5   100.6       100.2      100.7
1984.....................................    103.7     103.6    102.8    112.5      97.9       103.8     103.5      105.7   106.8       107.5      106.7
1985.....................................    106.4     106.2    106.1    113.7      98.7       106.8     109.0      110.5   113.5       115.2      113.2
1986.....................................    102.3     101.2    110.6    108.8      77.1       110.3     115.1      117.0   122.0       122.8      121.9
1987.....................................    105.4     104.2    114.6    113.1      80.2       114.8     120.8      121.1   130.1       131.0      130.0
1988.....................................    108.7     107.6    116.9    118.0      80.9       119.7     127.9      123.3   138.6       139.9      138.3
1989.....................................    114.1     112.9    119.2    120.4      88.5       124.9     135.8      129.5   149.3       150.8      148.9

1990.....................................    120.5     118.8    121.0    117.6     101.2       130.1     142.5      142.6   162.8       163.4      162.7
1991.....................................    123.8     121.9    125.3    118.1      99.4       136.0     149.1      148.9   177.0       176.8      177.1
1992.....................................    126.5     124.6    128.4    123.2      99.0       141.3     153.2      151.4   190.1       188.1      190.5
1993.....................................    130.4     127.5    131.5    133.9      98.0       145.9     156.8      167.0   201.4       195.0      202.9
1994.....................................    134.3     131.4    136.0    141.7      98.5       150.2     162.1      172.0   211.0       200.7      213.4
1995.....................................    139.1     136.3    139.0    156.5     100.0       154.0     170.6      175.9   220.5       204.5      224.2
1996.....................................    143.0     140.0    141.4    157.0     106.3       158.4     173.9      181.9   228.2       210.4      232.4
1997.....................................    144.3     141.0    141.7    151.1     106.2       162.7     177.5      186.7   234.6       215.3      239.1

1996: Jan................................    139.9     137.4    141.1    157.9      98.6       156.2     172.7      171.6   225.2       207.7      229.3
Feb................................    140.4     137.5    141.3    157.5      98.2       156.6     173.2      177.4   226.2       208.5      230.3
Mar................................    141.2     138.3    141.5    157.3     101.4       156.9     172.5      178.9   226.6       208.9      230.7
Apr................................    143.1     140.3    141.3    157.4     108.6       157.2     173.0      179.3   227.0       209.6      231.1
May................................    144.4     141.7    141.2    157.6     113.6       157.5     173.1      180.2   227.4       209.7      231.6
June...............................    144.0     141.0    141.3    157.2     111.2       157.7     173.1      182.2   227.8       210.5      231.9
July...............................    143.5     140.5    141.0    156.9     108.9       158.1     173.5      182.7   228.7       211.0      232.9
Aug................................    142.8     139.9    140.7    156.6     106.4       158.6     174.1      181.4   229.2       211.1      233.4
Sept...............................    143.2     140.0    141.0    157.0     106.2       160.0     174.1      184.6   229.4       211.2      233.6
Oct................................    143.9     140.5    141.5    157.0     105.9       160.5     175.4      187.2   230.1       212.4      234.2
Nov................................    144.8     141.5    142.3    156.5     107.8       160.5     176.2      187.3   230.5       211.9      234.9
Dec................................    145.2     141.7    143.0    155.6     108.6       160.6     176.0      189.9   230.6       212.0      235.0

1997: Jan................................    145.0     141.8    143.0    154.7     108.6       161.1     176.2      185.8   231.8       212.8      236.3
Feb................................    144.8     141.9    142.9    154.4     108.1       161.2     177.1      182.4   232.7       213.9      237.1
Mar................................    144.9     141.5    142.9    154.4     106.4       161.5     177.4      188.1   233.4       214.7      237.7
Apr................................    144.8     141.3    142.6    154.3     106.0       161.9     177.3      189.8   233.8       215.2      238.1
May................................    144.4     141.0    142.1    153.9     105.7       162.2     177.0      188.1   234.2       215.6      238.5
June...............................    144.0     140.7    141.7    151.8     105.9       162.6     176.7      186.6   234.4       216.0      238.7
July...............................    143.7     140.1    141.1    149.9     103.9       162.9     177.5      189.4   234.8       216.0      239.2
Aug................................    143.8     140.8    140.4    148.5     107.6       163.3     177.4      183.4   235.2       215.5      239.8
Sept...............................    144.3     141.0    140.0    148.2     109.3       163.5     176.9      186.0   235.4       215.3      240.0
Oct................................    144.5     140.9    140.6    147.9     106.7       163.9     178.4      190.9   235.8       215.6      240.5
Nov................................    143.9     140.6    141.3    147.6     104.6       164.0     179.0      185.9   236.4       215.8      241.2
Dec................................    143.2     140.0    141.5    147.9     101.9       164.7     178.9      184.3   237.1       216.8     241.8
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\3\ Includes other new vehicles, not shown separately. Includes direct pricing of new trucks and motorcycles beginning 1982.
\4\ Includes direct pricing of diesel fuel and gasohol beginning 1981.

Note.--See Note, Table B-60.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.